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Savvy

10-14-2009 @ 4:57 PM

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My original '34 has an oil filter mounted on the driver side. I can't find any mention of a filter in the Early Ford V8 restoration guide. There are two flex hoses. One goes from the filter to the back of the block near the bell housing. The second goes from the filter to the upper left distributor mounting bolt. Today I pulled the distributor.
At the terminal end of the oil filter hose is an eye fitting that the distributor bolt goes through. The bolt is solid. There is some oil, not much, here. I can't for the life of me figure out why it mounts here. It seems like a dead end, but I'm not sure. Anyone have any ideas. Is there something I'm just not seeing? Should the bolt be hollow? What gives? There's plenty of oil in the filter housing. I'm perplexed.

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10-14-2009 @ 9:30 PM

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Savvy, the filter you have was not available when your car was new. The
oil lines you describe are correct for, I believe, a 1940 model, the
previous having the return line to a hollow bolt on the fuel pump
mount. It was changed to the distributor mount due to the heavy oil
blowby experienced at the pump location. If you look closely at the
bolt, it should show a hole in the side of the shaft just below the head,
and a hole in the bottom of the threaded end. These holes converge,
allowing a passthrough from the "eye fitting" you described.

You likely won't see much oil there, as it is a restrictor fitting, to
prevent the accessory from dropping oil pressure to your engine. Once
your engine is running, however, you could squirt oil from that fitting
probably several feet if it weren't bolted up to the block.

Alan

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10-14-2009 @ 9:46 PM

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Nope, solid.
As are all three of the distributor mounting bolts...solid.

TomO

10-15-2009 @ 7:52 AM

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It sounds like someone discarded the original hollow bolt and put in a standard bolt, making the filter useless. Alan is correct instating that the filter arrangement is from a 1940 car.

Your options are: remove the filter and change your oil very frequently, returning your car to its original configuration, find a hollow bolt with the 2 crush washers required to seal it, or route the return line to the oil pan either with an additional fitting or by replacing the dip stick boss with a later boss that incorporates the oil return line fitting.

Tom

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10-15-2009 @ 10:29 PM

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LOL......
"change your oil very frequently." Hard not to improve on this. I pretty sure the oil has been changed twice in the last 25+ years....both in the last few weeks.

Interesting dilemma....

Too bad my grandfather wasn't named Henry.
I think I'll restore it to how Roy made it.

Thanks all.
Cheers!!

37RAGTOPMAN

10-16-2009 @ 5:05 PM

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on the oil filter line bolt it was a banjo bolt, hollow inside,
I had one like it on my 37 FORD,
this was always seeping oil and making a mess,
tried all kinds of washers, even copper and brass,
the big thing that bother me was the flex oil lines,
they are old and a good possibility of breaking at any moment, and destroying a good engine.
so I change my oil more often, problem solved,
hope this helps.37RAGTOPMAN

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